Ms. Frederica Joy White

The White Legal Group LLC

Ever the quintessential multi-hyphenate, Joy is the Managing Partner of The White Legal Group, a boutique employment law and business law firm, and the Founder and CEO of Flawed Masterpiece.

Joy White brings over 20 years of experience to her legal practice, with a focus on employment law and fractional general counsel services. Before re-launching TWLG in 2020, Ms. White served Morehouse College for over four years as the Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and College Secretary of Morehouse College. 

Joy is licensed to appear in all federal and state courts in the state of Georgia and an active member of the State Bar of Georgia. She is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia where she sits on the Attorney Wellness Committee and the newly created Center for Attorney Wellbeing working alongside other GA attorneys to bring awareness and highlight services for attorney wellness. Joy has been an active member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys and the Gate City Bar Association since 2005. She is also a current member of Leadership Georgia (Class of 2025) and a proud alumnus of Leadership Atlanta (Class of 2022) and Leadership Buckhead (Class of 2013).

Beyond her legal practice, Joy has a particular interest and expertise in coaching Black women attorneys, physicians, senior executives, and entrepreneurs. She helps them adeptly navigate the mindset, wellness, and professional roadblocks unique to Black women working in male-dominated professions and industries. Having successfully traversed the rewarding yet tumultuous terrain of the legal profession, higher education administration, and entrepreneurship, Joy brings a depth and breadth of personal and professional experience that is unmatched in the mindset and executive coaching field.

Joy has received numerous awards and accolades, most notably, 2025 Georgia Super Lawyer in Employment Law, 2022 Top 100 Women of Influence, 2022 Core 100 Most Influential Blacks, Who’s Who in Black Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 under 40, Rising Star in Employment Law (Super Lawyer Magazine), AV-Rated, Preeminent (Martindale-Hubbell), National Black Lawyers Top 100, and Women Leaders in the Law (Fortune Magazine).

Joy is a proud alumna of Spelman College and Vanderbilt University Law School. She lives in the City of Decatur, Georgia, with her sons, Jayden (21) and Bryson (18), and Tiko, their mini-dachshund hound.